Fish-net float.



No: 780,042. PATENTED-JAN. 17, 1905. J. KOENIG & J. J. KLEIN.

FISH NET FLOAT.

M APPLIOATION FILED MAY 7, 1904.

Patented January 1'7, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH KOENIG AND JOHN J. KLEIN, OF TWVO RIVERS, l VISOONSIN, AS-

SIGNORS TO ALUMINUM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF TWO RIVERS,

WVISCONSIN.

FBSH-"NET FLOAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,042, dated January17, 1906.

Application filed May 7, 1904. Serial No. 206,835.

To all whom. it 'rmty concern:

Be it known that we, Josnrn Konnie and JOHN J. KLEIN, both citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Two Rivers, in the 5 county ofManitowoc and State of Wisconsin,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish-Net Floats;and. we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

Our invention has especial reference to hollow air-tight floats whichare attached to fishnets; and it consists in certain peculiarities ofconstruction and combination of parts, as will be fully set forthhereinafter in connection I 5 with the accompanying drawings andsubsequently claimed.

In the said drawings, Figure l is a central longitudinal sectional viewof our said device.

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, partly broken away, and also illustratingthe manner of fastening the float to a fish-net. Fig. 8 is an end viewof our device.

Referring by numerals to the said drawings,

1 represents a short open-ended cylinder of 2 5 suitable metal, such asaluminium, and 2. 3 are two tubes, each closed at one end and open atthe other. The drawings represent the linished article; but in theprocess of manufacture the cylinder 1 is entirely cylindrical and has anexterior diameter a trifle larger than the inside diameter of the tubes2 3, sothat when same are forced upon the said cylinder they will make avery tight fit, so as to be air-tight and water-tight. The said tubes 23 3 5 are formed with the annular grooves 4. 5, which thus form annularconvex ribs on the inner surface of said tubes and constitute stopswhich come against the end edges of the cylinder 1 in the assembling ofthe float. When this has been done, the annular groove 6 is formed atthe center, thus depressing the cylinder 1, as well as the adjacent endsof the tubes 2 3, and securely binding said ends within the depressionthus formed in the said cylinder.

The outer ends of the tubes 2 3 after being spun closed are pressed toform the transverse grooves 7, nearly or quite closed by the walls 8 8,the said grooves 7 being, in effect, tubes to receive the cords 9 bywhich the floats are to be fastened to the fish-nets. 5

As thus made our floats are very light and strong and practically airand water tight and will be found very useful for the purpose designed.

l/Vhile we prefer to form the described trans- 5 5 verse practicallytubular grooves 7 at each end. of the float, it is desirable that atlest one end should be thus formed for the purpose of proper attachmentto the net.

- Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A fish-net float comprising ahollow shell formed of two tubes, closed at their outer ends and havinga tight fit on a separate central 5 cylinder, the adjacent ends of thetwo tubes being held to said cylinder by a central trans verse annulargroove in the latter, and the correspondingly annular depression of thetube-ends, together with said separate central 7 cylinder.

2. A fish-nct float comprising a hollow shell formed of two tubes withclosed outer ends and open inner ends driven over a central openendedcylinder, the said tubes being formed with annular grooves to serve asstops against the ends of said cylinder, and held thereto by theengagement of a central annular groove or depression in the cylinder,and the corre spondingly-depressed ends of the said tubes, togeth erwithsaid central open-ended cylinder.

3. A fish-net float comprising a closed hollow shell having transversepractically tubular grooves at its ends for the reception of cords forfastening said floats to a net. 5

4:. A fish-net float comprising a hollow shell formed of two tubesclosed at their outer ends and driven over a central openended cylinder,and held thereto by means of annular grooves or depressions formed insaid parts, the outer 9 ends of said tubes being formed with transversepractically tubular grooves, in combination with cords in engagementwith said. ends for fastening said floats to a net, and said. centralopen-ended cylinder.

5. Alislrnetfloatcomprisingawholly-closed.

hollow shell having one of its closed ends in the county of Manitowocand State of Visformed with a transverse groove, the Walls of consin, inthe presence of two Witnesses.

which approach each other so closely as to JOSEPH KOENIG. formpractically a tube for the reception of a JOHN J. KLEIN. 5 fasteningcord. Witnesses:.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing We W. J. WRIETH,

have hereunto set our hands, at TWo Rivers, G. A. MAGEE.

